UK’s Labour set for heavy losses in elections as Reform makes early gains

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is bracing for heavy defeats in local elections , with Reform UK poised to make gains across the country, according to early results. Labour’s woes were already evident as the country woke up on Friday morning, with the governing party losing more than 258 seats and Nigel Farage’s populist party Reform UK gaining 382 seats by 9am local time (08:00 GMT). …